BlockRiego, California
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95626. The Survey maps it on the Rio Linda quadrangle.
Then and now
1891 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 33 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1891 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1893 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Fairoaks quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Arcade quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Rio Linda quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Rio Linda quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Fair Oaks quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Rio Linda quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Rio Linda quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Rio Linda quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
356 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 356 fires within 5 miles of Riego between 2001 and 2020, burning about 2,691 acres in total. None started naturally. 43 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 218 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | BASELINE |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | WATT |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | WATT |
| 3 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | not named |
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riego in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 2 flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Flood | Riego | - | Placer County Sheriff reported that South Brewer Rd in unincorporated Lincoln was flooded. |
| December 2014 | Flood | Riego | - | Dry Creek Rd. and Interstate 80 road flooding. |
| March 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Riego | - | EF0 tornado began in the field just southwest of Roseville, but did not cause damage until it reached the Pleasant Grove Blvd housing developments in West Roseville. The tornado winds were estimated to be 75-85mph. Several windows were blown out amongst the houses, 25-30 feet of fence was blown down, projectile damage was found to stucco. The tornado lasted approximately 5-10 minutes. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 231572. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.